3706

JOINT RESOLUTIONS

(7) (5) Set out any plans, policies, regulations, and
other measures that the State will implement under the plan,
including the establishment of best management practices for
activities that may contaminate underground drinking water
sources;

(8) Suggest an alternative drinking water supply if
an underground source of drinking water is contaminated so as to
adversely affect public health;

(9) (6) Coordinate State efforts in groundwater
protection with federal efforts;

(7) In developing the groundwater protection

strategy, give consideration to a comprehensive monitoring
program; and be it further

(10) Subject to available funds, develop a

comprehensive monitoring program to include periodic, systematic
groundwater sampling and testing for contaminants of ambient

groundwater, groundwater at the points of suspected

contamination, and groundwater at the point of use;

(11) Assess present initiatives and develop

strategies specifically to prevent and address contamination of
groundwater from:

(i) Underground petroleum, chemical, and

hazardous waster storage tanks;

(ii) Landfills and hazardous waste sites;

(iii) Saltwater intrusion;

(iv) Nitrates, herbicides, and pesticides; and

(v) Septic tanks;

(12) Identify areas where consumptive use of

groundwater is lowering aquifers and causing the potential for
saltwater intrusion and loss of readily available water supply
and develop strategies to prevent these problems;

(13) Develop a comprehensive water conservation

strategy; and

(14) Adopt plans for pollution abatement or to

improve groundwater quality if prevailing conditions fail to meet
drinking water standards; and be it further

RESOLVED, That:

(1) By July 1, 1986, the Department begin to

implement the monitoring and testing program required under item
(10) of the second clause of this Resolution;